Rangers right fielder Nelson Cruz tied a Major League record with his eighth home run of the postseason in the seventh inning of Thursday's 10-9 loss in an epic Game 6 of the World Series at Busch Stadium, but it might be the play he couldn't make that he remembers most. More >

Chris Carpenter told Cardinals manager Tony La Russa in no uncertain terms that he is ready, willing and able to start Friday's Game 7 of the World Series against the Rangers. St. Louis agreed, slotting the ace in for the decisive game at Busch Stadium. More >

The Texas Rangers' mission: Turning that page immediately to Friday night's Game 7. Mission impossible? Daunting, at the very least. That page has been turned successfully only once, and even a member of the team that did it does not like the Rangers' chances. More >

Matt Holliday's painful season and postseason continued on Thursday night with another unlikely injury, and on Friday, the Cardinals replaced him on the World Series roster with rookie outfielder Adron Chambers, announcing the slugger suffered a sprained right wrist. More >

The plastic to protect the lockers had to come up and down in the Rangers' clubhouse at least twice on Thursday night. And though the champagne was thoroughly chilled, it had to be rolled out of there multiple times as well. More >

For all that Tony La Russa has accomplished and for all that he has seen in a storied 33-year managerial career, Friday's Game 7 of the World Series will be a stage upon which La Russa has never stepped foot. More >

For all the drama and craziness that enveloped Game 6 of the World Series, it really came down to a simple formula that spelled the Rangers' doom once the revolving bullpen door started spinning. More >

Until Thursday, no team in World Series history had rallied to overcome a ninth-inning deficit and an extra-inning deficit in the same game. Afterward, various players compared Game 6 anecdotally with other games throughout their careers. Or at least they tried to. More >

After his ninth-inning double helped the Cardinals tie the game, Albert Pujols didn't get to hit again Thursday, but he'll get another game's worth of at-bats Friday when he plays in the first World Series Game 7 of his career. More >

David Freese was traded from the Padres to the Cardinals for Jim Edmonds on Dec. 14, 2007, and the two of them worked out together last offseason and are good friends. Now they have something else in common: Game 6 extra-inning walk-off home runs that made Cardinals fans go crazy. More >

The Rangers were as close as a team can come to achieving the ultimate goal on Thursday night, but the Cardinals wouldn't go down without a fight. David Freese's 11th-inning walk-off homer secured a 10-9 win for St. Louis, setting up a decisive Game 7 of the World Series on Friday night. More >

Josh Hamilton reclaimed his status as The Man for the Texas Rangers on Thursday night, seemingly delivering the decisive, dramatic hit that saved Game 6 for his team. Unfortunately the Cardinals did not cooperate. More >

For the Rangers to come back from this kind of devastating defeat, their own heart will have to come into play. This team has never lacked for will and effort over the past two seasons, but this may be the ultimate test. More >

Channeling the man for whom he was once traded, David Freese hit an 11th-inning leadoff, walk-off home run to give the Cardinals a jaw-dropping, heart-stopping 10-9 win over the Rangers in Game 6 of the World Series on Thursday night. More >

Rangers manager Ron Washington isn't certain if Game 5 starter C.J. Wilson is available for relief duty in Game 6. Wilson has had two days off, but threw 108 pitches in a 4-2 victory over the Cardinals on Monday. More >

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